Pep Canyelles-Pericas

Northumbria University, University of Twente

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Pep Canyelles-Pericas is a leading innovator at the intersection of acoustofluidics, flexible electronics, and microsystems engineering. His research focuses on enabling precise fluid manipulation on unconventional, deformable surfaces—a critical challenge for soft robotics, wearable diagnostics, and lab-on-a-chip technologies. His most impactful contributions include the development of hierarchical nanotexturing for piezoelectric films, which allows acoustofluidic actuation on slippery yet sticky, flexible substrates (52 citations), and the pioneering use of thin-film surface acoustic waves (SAWs) on bendable aluminum sheets as thin as 50 μm (47 citations). These works demonstrate directional fluid transport on curved, flexible, and even three-dimensional surfaces, overcoming fundamental limitations of rigid microfluidic platforms. With over 100 combined citations for his top papers, Canyelles-Pericas has established a new paradigm for bendable acoustofluidics, merging materials science with microfluidics to create devices that conform to natural shapes. His achievements are particularly notable for advancing the practicality of smart microsystems in real-world, dynamic environments, making him a key figure in the next generation of adaptive fluidic technologies.